Abstract: A system and method are provided for identifying prospective entities to interact with. The method is executed by a device having a processor and a display, and includes providing a user interface via the display, determining a plurality of entities located within a geographic area, and filtering the plurality of entities using one or more filtering criteria to determine a subset of entities that correspond to a selected type of entity. The method also includes obtaining information corresponding to each of the subset of entities; using the information corresponding to the subset of entities to determine, for each entity, a ranking of being a prospective entity to interact with; identifying one or more of the subset of entities in the user interface, in association with the geographic area; and enabling contact to be initiated with a selected one of the one or more of the subset of entities.

Abstract: A method for consolidating a database in a Seibel CRM environment is presented. Bypassing the Business Object Layer (BOL) of the Seibel CRM environment, primary keys in a consolidated table are realigned such that a consolidated child table, created from two distinct databases, is able to point to reference items in a single parent table.

Abstract: A method for selling individual containers used for the storage of fresh foods comprising the steps of providing individual containers in store and adjacent a fresh food product to be purchased, and charging the shopper for the container on a per container basis separately from the food purchased. The bags or containers used in the method of the invention will include at least one feature or characteristic that adds value for the consumer over and above the bags currently provided for free by grocery stores in the produce section.

Abstract: A method for consolidating a database in a Seibel CRM environment is presented. Bypassing the Business Object Layer (BOL) of the Seibel CRM environment, primary keys in a consolidated table are realigned such that a consolidated child table, created from two distinct databases, is able to point to reference items in a single parent table.

Abstract: Magnetic tracking systems and methods confine source(s)/sensor(s) to a compact region, thereby facilitating enhanced precision without the need for distortion compensation or mapping. Several sensors placed in accurately known (or determined through algorithms within the tracker processor) locations allow a single small magnetic field source to be tracked by all of them simultaneously. Such a configuration allows an operator's head to be tracked accurately, as in a flight simulator, where coupling between field source and sensors is kept short, thereby eliminating the need for distortion mapping.

Abstract: Self-calibrating AC magnetic tracking systems and combination “outside-in” and “inside-out” architectures offer unique motion tracking capabilities. More area is covered with minimal distortion using the tracking system itself to determine overall P&O based on the P&O of an initial, reference marker. The output as anticipated and needed by the user is output without confusion and without costly and time-consuming metrology while covering a large region when distance from the reference may be great. A method according to the invention includes the steps of positioning a plurality of stationary AC magnetic “markers” in a tracking volume and moving a mobile AC magnetic marker proximate to a first one of the stationary markers designated as a reference marker. The position and orientation (P&O) of the mobile marker is determined relative to the reference marker, then moved so as to be proximate to a second one of the stationary markers.

Abstract: A magnetic tracker system for use on an operator's head makes “mouse”/cursor movements on a screen similar to that of the classic computer “mouse”/track ball/touchpad/joystick. Only head movements are used as opposed to lifting a hand from the keyboard for making such moves. The new “mouse” avoids interrupting the hands from their position on the keyboard and has no moving mechanical parts that become clogged and that need a special surface (mouse pad) or special surface measurements (optical mouse).

Abstract: A method of preservation and presentation including the steps of positioning a perishable product having a significant porosity and permeability into a gas impermeable package in the presence of a first agent, thereafter sealing the product in the package in the presence of the agent under a positive pressure and maintaining gas communication between the product and the first agent for a time necessary for the concentration of the first agent to be reduced by 50%.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for enhancing the marketable characteristics for a given perishable product prior to or after the product has been placed in a gas-tight consumer-ready package. More specifically, the method of the present invention contemplates the use of one or more agents or mixtures thereof which are introduced into gas communication with a perishable meat product in a selected concentration based on a number of variables including moisture content, muscle type and surface area of said product.